Monday, Monday

Well it has been yet another Monday here in Nairobi, Kenya. I wasn't quite sure what was going to happen this morning since we had nothing planned until the afternoon. But I have to admit that sometimes having no plan or feeling unproductive can be discouraging. There have been days here already where I have not been able to go out in the community just due to schedules, and it has been hard to just sit around. There will always be days like that though, and we must make the most of them!

Doing these health presentations has been a fun experience and today Leann and I worked on tweaking a few of them to better relate to the different age groups. Our plans to go to the Bondeni center today got switched last minute to us presenting at the Area 2 center. We taught the super young kids about oral/personal hygiene and I think they really enjoyed it besides being a an extremely hot room :) Here is a picture of them formally greeting us before we began.

The younger kids are more of a challenge to teach because they don't have a firm grasp on understanding English, so we had one of the teachers help translate for us. Although sometimes I think that is a blessing because the teachers can then make it sound better than what we say and can mold it into something the kids understand culturally.

So we accidentally left our puppets at the house this morning and we had to come up with some props in order to keep the children entertained. We brought a blow up tooth so they could see how to brush and a wash basin with a towel so they could show us how to properly wash hands. They served each other and it was so cute! I pray that these kids can retain the basics of what we teach them because it is so important. I am so happy to know that most of them already understand this importance so that is a huge blessing.

I love this sweet picture! So tomorrow I think we are returning to Area 2 in order to teach this same group about nutrition. One thing I have noticed about all the kids I have come in contact with is their level of respect for teachers and other adults. They know how to behave when it comes to learning and interacting with their superiors. I truly appreciate that!

Well thank you so much again for your prayers! I have been praying that I can stay busy and make the most of the rest of the time I have here in Kenya. It will be a blessed time, I am sure. Much love to all of you from Kenya :)